Abstract
The Crew Station Design Tool helps designers visualize and optimize their choices of controls and displays, and position those elements in a workstation. This paper describes the tool's ability to design the cockpit of a fixed-wing aircraft and compares the results to an actual airliner. The tasks, task sequences, operator assignments, and control and display assignments were developed with the help of a subject matter expert. After this information was entered into the tool, the cockpit was drawn in a three-dimensional graphic environment. Alternate layouts were created using three different criteria: 1) frequency of use, 2) sequence of use, and 3) frequency and sequence of use. Of the three layouts, the frequency of use was subjectively closest to the actual airliner. The proposed layout also suggested some control and display locations that might be better for an actual flight deck.
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